“Dying was such an elegant way to leave a relationship. No infidelity, no boredom, no long, complicated conversations late into the night. No 'She’s still single, I hear.’ No running into each other at parties and weddings. No ‘She’s stacked on the weight’ or ‘She’s showing her age.’ Dying was final…”— Liane Moriarty, amazon.com
“You don't understand," Alecto replied vacantly. "It isn't that I want to die... I just don't want to exist.”— Rebecca McNutt, amazon.com
“That was the worst part about having cancer, sometimes: The physical evidence of disease separates you from other people.”— John Green, Hazel, amazon.com
“The pain was always there, pulling me inside of myself, demanding to be felt. It always felt like I was waking up from the pain when something in the world outside of me suddenly required my comment or attention.”— John Green, Hazel, amazon.com
“I tried to tell myself that it could be worse, that the world was not a wish-granting factory, that I was living with cancer not dying of it, that I mustn't let it kill me before it kills me, and then I just started muttering stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid over and over again until the so…”— John Green, Hazel, amazon.com
“I'm like a grenade, Mom. I'm a grenade and at some point I'm going to blow up and I would like to minimize the casualties, okay?”— John Green, Hazel, amazon.com
“'Does it hurt?' The childish question had escaped Harry's lips before he could stop it. 'Dying? Not at all,' said Sirius. 'Quicker and easier than falling asleep.'”— JK Rowling, amazon.com
“What is death? A loss, a disappearance, a letting go, a saying good-bye. When you cling you refuse to let go, you refuse to say good-bye, you resist death. And even though you may not realize it, that is when you resist life too.”— Anthony De Mello, amazon.com
“Someone once said that death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside of us while we live. I could tell you who said it, but who the hell really cares.’”— Haley James Scott, amazon.com
“Studies show that if you eat well, exercise, and don't do drugs or alcohol, YOU WILL DIE.”— Unknown, quora.com
“I have an EpiPen. My friend gave it to me when he was dying, it seemed very important to him that I have it.”— Anonymous, reddit.com
“What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet or excite you. Books help us understand who we are and how we are to behave. They show us what community and friendship mean; they show us how…”— Anne Lamott, books.google.com
“We have the same enemy and it has only one name: Death. Before it we are all equal. In its eyes no life has more weight than another.”— Elie Wiesel, amazon.com
“The simple fact about progress is that the future of mankind has nothing to offer the individual life, except death.”— Hannah Arendt, nybooks.com
“I flipped through the CT scan images, the diagnosis obvious: the lungs were matted with innumerable tumors, the spine deformed, a full lobe of the liver obliterated.”— Paul Kalanithi, amazon.com
“I like checking days off a calendar—151 days crossed and nothing truly horrible has happened. 152 and the world isn’t ruined. 153 and I haven’t destroyed anyone. 154 and no one really hates me. Sometimes I think I won’t ever feel safe until I can count my last days on one hand. Three more days to ge…”— Gillian Flynn, amazon.com
“I just wanted to tell you that I understand if you go. It’s okay if you have to leave us. It’s okay if you want to stop fighting.”— Gayle Forman, amazon.com
“One day I won’t be around to answer people’s questions, or advise young aspiring athletes. What I want to say is for the people whom I’ve never met. It is for the boys and girls whose hands I will never hold. It is for the champions to come. These comments are for every spirit on the downside of adv…”— Muhammad Ali, Hana Yasmeen Ali, amazon.com
“One day I won’t be around to answer people’s questions, or advise young aspiring athletes. What I want to say is for the people whom I’ve never met. It is for the boys and girls whose hands I will never hold. It is for the champions to come. These comments are for every spirit on the downside of adv…”— Muhammad Ali, Hana Yasmeen Ali, amazon.com